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An apparatus for operating a multiple-stand mill train is described which significantly reduces the expense and time for designing, testing and the start-up, including the optimization phase, and for restarting the roll operation of the mill train and which makes it possible to safely train the operators during operation and to extend the functionality of the mill train without creating damage. For this purpose, the entire mill train is simulated by a single physical simulation model (2) in a structured approach based on the technological interrelationship between the individual stands. The simulation model (2) is connected to a central control apparatus (1), wherein the apparatus alone provides the entire control of the mill train and optionally controls individual functions within each of the stands or of individual stands either via actuating members of the mill train or in corresponding units of the simulator model (2).

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